The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-02
Messrs. wasson and West advertise :

MessrB. WATSON and West advertise
nice house for rent Call soon.
See the adveffizementc cf Messrs. Parke
Davis & Co.'s Southern purchasing
agency, at Charlotte, N. c. All kinds o
roots, herbs, barks, seeds. flowers, gume
moses, &c wanted.
The remains of the late GenI Ripple,
will be, in accordance with his request
inferred in Magnolia Cemetery, nes.
| charleston. He viii be buried will
appropriate ceremonies by his ole
comrades-iD arms
A full attendance or the Sunday Schoo
of the Second Baptist church is desired
to morrow merning, as some specia
services in memory of the lamentec
young friend, Alex. Porter, a former
member of the school, are expected.
We are glad to bear that our Court
House is to be treated to new coat o.
paint We hope Bfiphter ard more en-
couragiBg colofs vlI1 0e ugetf next time
No man can approach it now without
feelings of ineA pressible and indfescrib.
able mis- givingE-specially if the sheriff
is fooling along with him.
We sincerely sympathize with our
friend E. K. Cunningham, ESQ.,, of
Franklin, and Capt. Enloe, OF Webster,
on the death of Mrs. Cunningham, which
occurred suddenly at Franklin on the
25th March, of heart disease. She leaves
besides her husband three small child
ren, and hosts of friends who mourn the
of
The Progressive Farmer, the excellent
weekly of our friend Col. L. L. Polk,
heretofore published at Winston, has
been removed to Raleigh. 1t it useful
publication and we wish it great success
in its new home. We differ some times
with our friend on matters of State
politics, but none the less recognize it's
patriotism to the best interests of North
Carolina.
Another attempt has been made upon
the life of the Gar of all the Russias.
Let him quit such troublesome country
and come over and buy him a home in
before real estate gets beyond
his reach. He can bring his family
Jewels and fine horses along with him,
including his Russian furs; and if he does
not ''straddle" too much, the fence and
other things for instance, we may send
him to the legislature after WHILE
Every member of the Interstate Com
mission is in Washington, and have
taken tie oath of Office. 1t is not thought
anything will be done until after the 5th
inst, when the official life of the COM
mission begins.
Judge Cooley unofficially expressed the
opinion that 1t would be impossible to in
terpret the law until cases necessitating
such Interpretation should come up in
practice, and he thought it would be best
for the commission to take up in order
the questions as they should arise and
determine what Interpretation should be
yiven to the proyisions applicable to-
each case.
Prince Leopold of Prussi is on his way
TO this country. by way of China and
Japan. He will land at San Francisco,
where a special car, of the Pennsylvania
Road will meet him, and briIg him dir
ect to Philadelphia and to .Asheville
Suitable preparations will be made to
receive him at all points. He will be
given the freedom of our city, and receiv-
ed with addresses in German and broken
English. The pure English, as he is
spoken by Bostonians and AshevilliAns,
Ias not yet penetrated the kingdom of
Prussia, being kept out by Prince Bis
mark by an excessive tariff ON American
uxuries, such as this language and Chi
eago pork; hence, to make the Prince
feel at home and entirely sociable while
here he will be addressed altogether as(
above.
The people generally seemed to be too
ousy about other things to take note of
All Fools day. We hear of no ''sells"
md no practical jokes. Doubtless they
we're acted with harmless pleasantly in
many a household of which the public
was none the wiser. II forgotten. one of
he oldest customs of the, world was
neglected, and one of the most wide
,pi cad, practiced by the Hindoos as well
by the French; hy the Briton as well as
oy the Italian. And an innocent custom
,oo, of which it need not be said. more
1onored in the breach than in the
for fun is the object and
aughter its fruit.
Since writing the above, the fun loving
E. L. Brown has been observing the
custom. His nimble purse, laid on the
Iide walk, and eluding the grasp of the
dozens who clutched at fancied valu-
able find" es it few back into the store,
erked back with string, was accom-
panied with hearty laughing and the
eering April Fool"